Improved washing-machine



IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICEJ F. W. VOSMER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,6441,` dated July 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. VOS- MER, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare theA following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification.

The object of this improvement is a washing-machine arranged in such a manner that the workingparts are completely inclosed, thereby permitting the use ofthe very hottest kind of suds, and without any liability of scalding the operator or compelling her to inhale the offensive and injurious vapors and steam arising from the suds.

In the accompanying drawing, which is a transverse section of a washing-machine embodyin g my improvements, A is the tub, which is a rectangular box, having a concave bottom, B, and supported on legs C C.

The top of the tub is covered by the lid D and board E, the former being hinged to the latter, and the under side of said lid is corrugated at el, so as to serve as a wash-board when opened, thev lid, when closed, being securely heldin position by the button F.

When the lid is opened it is supported by a block, G, which is attached to theboard E.

H is an inclined abutment extending from the lid to one side of the tub, and the open space between the upper parts of said abutmentl and the top of the latter permits a clothes-wringer to be attached to the machine, the water which is expelled from the clothes by the wringer escaping back into the tub A through the opening h in the bottom of the abutment.

The bottom of the abutment H rests upon the top of an internal wash-board, I, whose corrugations z extend lengthwise of the machine, and this board, instead of being parallel with the vertical side of the tub, to which it is attached, has an inward inclination, which prevents the clothes from adhering to said board, and causes them to be delected from it and to fall back into the concave tub-bottom B.

Ihe batler J is suspended on the bolt or pivot K, and the lever L is also connected to said pivot on the outside of the machine, and motion is communicated from` this external levergto the internal batler by means of the bent arm M, which passes through a slot, a, in the end of the tub, and also througha suitable slot in the board E.

The two end wings of the batler are connected together and held in position by means of the Lipper and lower followers, N and O, the former of which prevents the clothes from falling behind the batler while the latter gathers the articles up, so that the rollers P P' may operate on them. These rollers are journaled in the arms J of the batler, and may be made of wood, india-rubber, or any other suitable material, and can consist of a greater or less number, depending upon the size of the machine.

rIhe operation of this machine is as follows: The tub A being lfilled with suds to a proper height, the articles to be washed are inserted and the lid D closed and held down by the button F; after which the operator proceeds to work the machine by the lever L, and the alternate elevation and depression of the latter imparts a vibratory movement to the batler .I through the medium of the bent arm M. As the lower follower, O, just clears the concave bottom B of the tub when the batler is vibrated, it prevents the clothes from passing under or behind said batler, and they are carried forward and compressed between the rollers P P' and the inclined corrugated board I, which compression forces the water through the interstices of the articles, and thus expels the dirtfrom them. The batler being retracted by elevating the lever L, the clothes fall back into the concave bottom, the inclination of the board I preventing them from adhering to it, and if there should be any portion of the clothes which require special attention they can be rubbed by hand on the wash-board d, to do which it is only necessary to open the lid and allow it to rest on the block G.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- V 1. A batler consisting of the parts J N O P P', in combination with the external lever, L, and connecting-arm M, all arranged and op erating in the manner herein described and set forth.

2. The corrugated lid D, hinged to a permanent support, E Gr, and otherwise arranged, substantially as herein set forth, to adapt it for use as a Wash-board.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

F. W. VOSMER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

